Ayres Elementary donates school supplies to hurricane victims

By Callie Jones Journal-Advocate news editor

Posted:
10/01/2017 08:53:30 PM MDT

Ayres Elementary participated in the Adopt a Classroom campaign, collecting school supplies this week to donate to students in Houston, Texas, impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Chanda Fleckenstein, dean of students, is pictured Friday, at the end of the collection drive, with some of the students who donated school supplies. Back row, from left: Kadence, Madalynn, Rylie, Kailynn, Cooper, Hunter, Hadley, McKinley; front row: Landon, Cayson, Liam and Addyson. Community members and Lighthouse Baptist Church also donated to the collection. Along with school supplies, donations of gift cards and cash were given as well and UPS has offered to ship the boxes to Texas for free. The school supplies and other donations will go to a second grade classroom at Sheldon Elementary that Ayres was matched with. That entire school is not able to return to their building, and has to relocate to a church. (Callie Jones / Sterling Journal-Advocate)

Ayres Elementary participated in the Adopt a Classroom campaign, collecting school supplies this week to donate to students in Houston, Texas, impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Chanda Fleckenstein, dean of students, is pictured Friday, at the end of the collection drive, with some of the students who donated school supplies. Back row, from left: Kadence, Madalynn, Rylie, Kailynn, Cooper, Hunter, Hadley, McKinley; front row: Landon, Cayson, Liam and Addyson. Community members and Lighthouse Baptist Church also donated to the collection. Along with school supplies, donations of gift cards and cash were given as well and UPS has offered to ship the boxes to Texas for free. The school supplies and other donations will go to a second grade classroom at Sheldon Elementary that Ayres was matched with. That entire school is not able to return to their building, and has to relocate to a church.

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